So Glad my Sexing was wrong.

[Sumatra503]

I just got 2 eggs from my extras pen. I had originally thought that there were males in their. I got that one wrong, but I'm thinking I can cope.

I now have 3 females in a pen with 1 male. I'm still unsure about the number of females in that pen, since I'll find varying numbers of eggs in there. I love those Tibetans I just hate sexing them, though.

I tried my hand at vent sexing and I suck at it.

 

[Wifezilla]

And now you know why I am sticking with browns even though the other quail colors are so pretty

 

[JJMR794]

Once They Have Been LaYing For A Couple Of Weeks Vent Sexing Becomes Much Easier As The Hens Vent Kinda Stretches Out Or Gets Much Larger

 

[shelleyd2008]

Agreed, a laying hen is much easier to tell. You can tell by the width of their pelvic bone. Take a bird that you KNOW without a doubt is a male and feel the distance between his pelvic bones. It should be about 1/2" to 1". Then take a known laying female and do the same...feel the difference? It should be about twice as wide. Now go try it on the ones you're unsure of

 

[Chicken_Lover4567]

Whenever they crow.....grab em' and tag em'!

(Leg band...whatever.)

I had three that I thought were females...until they crowed and starting 'dancing' with the other females...

 

[Delta3013]

Quote:

....Thought that last smiley was perfect...lol

 

[joe125]

Only a hen can lay an egg, but hens can crow like a roo under the right circumstances.

I beer sex all of my non-color sex-able birds. The whole....It's wider/larger, bumps, foam, thing just freaks me out!

I grab and tag everything that crows as a roo, but when they lay an egg. All questions are answered.